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Politico Claims Canadian Prime Minister Nixed Trade Deal to Help Democrats in Midterms
Newsbusters ^ | November 9, 2026 | P.J. Gladnick

Posted on 11/09/2026 10:54:47 AM PST by PJ-Comix

Are you a Canadian suffering the ill effects of the trade war between your country and the USA on the heels of Prime Minister Mark Carney walking away from the USMCA at the last minute back in August? Could it be that the reason that Carney surprised almost everybody by backing away from an agreement was due to politics?

That's not Canadian politics, but American politics. Specifically, did Mark Carney back away from the USMCA agreement in August in order to help the Democrats in the midterm elections?

Who could be making such a serious charge? Some kooky right wing conspiracists? Nope. It turns out the source for this claim comes from the leftist oriented Politico. In fact you don't have to dig very far into the Politico story published on Saturday to find that assertion written by Liz Crampton, Zi-Ann Lum, and Daniel Desrochers since it is boldly claimed right in the title, "How Canada Inflicted Maximum Midterms Pain on Trump."

(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...


TOPICS: Canada; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: democrats; markcarney; midtermelections; usmca

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I suspected as much and Politico just validated my suspicions.
1 posted on 11/09/2026 10:54:47 AM PST by PJ-Comix
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To: PJ-Comix

The CBC itself reported this FACT months ago!


2 posted on 11/09/2026 10:56:01 AM PST by montag813
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To: PJ-Comix

This was one of Trump’s unforced errors. He got involved with Canada’s election when they could’ve had a somewhat conservative leader. But Trump’s gotta Trump.


3 posted on 11/09/2026 10:58:08 AM PST by stevio (Fight until you die!)
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To: PJ-Comix

The Canadians are not our friends. They want economic conditions that are unfair, violate prior agreements, and give them an unfair trade advantage. Trump was right again, and they were just playing politics.


4 posted on 11/09/2026 10:58:40 AM PST by Pete Dovgan
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To: PJ-Comix

Yes, it’s obvious. We didn’t need Politico to tell us that

Arch-globalist, central banker and Davos-stooge Carney was parachuted into Canada’s PM job to deal with anti-globalist MAGA orange-man Trump on behalf of his bosses.


5 posted on 11/09/2026 10:58:44 AM PST by PGR88
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To: PJ-Comix

Duh.


6 posted on 11/09/2026 11:02:22 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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To: stevio

President Trump did not go to every household in Canada and force them to vote for a leftist at gunpoint. Canadians did this to themselves...


7 posted on 11/09/2026 11:04:22 AM PST by packrat35 (“When discourse ends, violence begins.” – Charlie Kirk, and they killed him anyway)
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To: PJ-Comix

Captain Obvious has just checked in.


8 posted on 11/09/2026 11:04:44 AM PST by blackdog (The philosophy of the schoolroom in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.)
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To: Pete Dovgan

Canadian infantry vet here. In find your comment is utter trash. Maybe of us especially here in the West are far more right than the majority of Americans. Canadian gov is not your friend. It’s not our friend either. Common enemy.


9 posted on 11/09/2026 11:10:29 AM PST by Bulwyf
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To: packrat35

Eastern Canada did. Western Canada had zero say.


10 posted on 11/09/2026 11:11:18 AM PST by Bulwyf
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To: packrat35

Canada is in no hurry to sign a bad deal.

With idiotic economic policy and idiotic foreign policy, Pres. Trump DID make Americans choose the Democrats.

Last Tuesday was a “self-imposed cluster”


11 posted on 11/09/2026 11:12:56 AM PST by canuck_conservative (Russia lies all the time)
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To: PJ-Comix

We already knew that. We can read between the lines.


12 posted on 11/09/2026 11:22:27 AM PST by Ge0ffrey
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Canada is dead to me. I consider them an enemy nation at this point.


13 posted on 11/09/2026 11:22:33 AM PST by packrat35 (“When discourse ends, violence begins.” – Charlie Kirk, and they killed him anyway)
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Well DUH same with gas prices, the US is still hitting Iranian targets near the Strait yet gas prices have gone down, gee like it was ALL BY DESIGN and dumb asses fell for it and turned America full commie


14 posted on 11/09/2026 11:31:27 AM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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As do I, I dont know why Trump would even joke about Canada becoming a 51st state are you kidding me, they are COMMUNISTS, we have enough commie pricks here why would we want another one


15 posted on 11/09/2026 11:32:11 AM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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“Canada is dead to me. I consider them an enemy nation at this point.”
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Ever been there?


16 posted on 11/09/2026 11:32:13 AM PST by Bob Wills is still the king (Wake up and smell the coffee!)
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To: montag813

The CBC itself reported this FACT months ago!
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I don’t know about CBC but here is what Canadian Industry Minister Melanie Joly said back in September.... it’s about halfway down the page at this link....doesn’t take much reading between the lines to figure out what the discussions were about.

“Industry Minister Melanie Joly said Saturday she is meeting with several Democratic politicians.

On Saturday, she discussed her recent trip to Chicago, where she met with Democratic Governor J.B. Pritzker. She said the goals of that trip were to work with him on how to eliminate tariffs and to speak with several companies.”

https://toronto.citynews.ca/2026/09/19/bill-will-help-reduce-government-interventions-during-strikes-hajdu/


17 posted on 11/09/2026 11:34:47 AM PST by hecticskeptic
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To: Bulwyf

Canadian gov is not your friend. It’s not our friend either. Common enemy.

I apologize if you find my comment offensive. Yes, your government is the enemy of many Canadians. We have similar problems here.


18 posted on 11/09/2026 11:38:58 AM PST by Pete Dovgan
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Perhaps, but so-what? I doubt enough voters were even aware of the trade rift to sway their votes. The RATS won because of the Iran war and resulting inflation


19 posted on 11/09/2026 11:43:14 AM PST by Labyrinthos
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To: Bob Wills is still the king

“Canada is dead to me. I consider them an enemy nation at this point.”
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Ever been there?


Is it necessary to go to Russia, China, or Iran to consider them enemy nations?


20 posted on 11/09/2026 11:49:40 AM PST by Magic Fingers (Political correctness mutates in order to remain virulent.)
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